Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. (P. T. Barnum)

Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.

P. T. Barnum

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